Danli Hu

Founded in 2008, DFRobot is a robotics and open source hardware provider, catering to hardware engineers, DIY enthusiasts and interactive designers. Our ever-growing product catalog boasts over 900 components and widgets from sensors, robotic platform, communication modules to 3D printers. With our mission of driving the future rooted in our corporate culture, our research and development team have constantly innovated with the latest technology and collaborated with various tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft and Texas Instruments to maximize our impact. Besides, we strive to promote makers' cultures by providing tools, electronics and training for schools, hacker spaces and hackathon events. In 2012, we opened the second hackerspace Mushroom Cloud in Shanghai’s high-tech park and started to co-organize Maker Carnival to provide public greater access to maker culture. What We Do By developing more than 900 products and cultivating an active online community with a variety of hands-on resources, we continue to inspire thousands of DIY hobbyists, educators and researchers in every aspect of daily life and help members of all areas learn, share and make awesome things. Our Mission DFRobot aims to provide our customers with amazing, long-lasting experience in robotics and hardware DIY that can be achieved by people even without any background. We are constantly working to create innovative, user-friendly products that become the building blocks in all kinds of projects and prototypes. Our Vision Our vision is to bring back the joy of tinkering to daily life with innovative, modern technology products and a supportive community. Learning will be enhanced with materials that will allow our users to proceed at their own rate according to their skills and interests. We strive to boost STEM education and building a DIY community to embrace the maker culture to Drive a better Future.